Cabin 2010: More Fun!

More fun started with the fact that this year, the cabin has a nice backyard! Earlier in the year, Grandpa, Grandma, Jordan, and Jay, laid sod, and Jay put up a new swingset/playground!



The kids of course, love it :) Especially Lauren (who calls the cabin "Lauren's cabin") who is, surprise surprise, on the swings. She's obsessed!

And who wouldn't have fun with these little cuties, Dahlin and Jared!



And the hammocks got some good use! Kaylin, Gavin, and Sydney.



And here's Lolo and Claire-Bear



Gavin and Dahlin spent some time...being cute, as usual!



And the other grandkids...spent time looking cute too :)



We also rode ATV's (or as little Zachary likes to call them "VIDEOS"...something about them being called A-T.V.'s made him think they had something to do with TV?



And the kids made their annual ride down to see the horsies in the meadow!



And the girls spent a lot of time playing their favorite new Wii game, "Just Dance!" It was hilarious!!! Their favorites were "Womanizer" (Britney Spears?) and Katy Perry's "Hot n Cold." They were the cutest!



Also the cutest in the new skirts Grandma made them :) (Sydney and I picked out the fabric, so of COURSE, she couldn't go wrong, right? haha)



And the cabin experience wouldn't be complete without snowcones every day!! Gavin was so cute to help Claire with her's :) Claire loves "Gabin!"

And after the parade, we went to this barbecue buffet place we've been to once before. It was really good food, and so fun! Here's Andrew with his kids, Sydney and Dahlin :)



There is also a new horseshoes pit in the backyard. Yeah, looks like they had fun :) (Becca and Phil)



Um, Michelle and Andrew must have scored here? Ouch! :)



And no reunion would be complete without craft time!! I was in charge this year...so the crafts were AWESOME, of course! :) We made red, white, and blue korker bows for the girls as well as some other small clippies, and of course, HUGE flower clippies with jeweled centers :)



Our little busy bees! The boys did wooden keepsake boxes with their favorite themes--animals (Zach-Zach), Batman (Gavin), and camping/four-wheeling (Samuel)

And Michellie brought her watch-making supplies!



Stephen also spent some time fishing...good for us! The fish was really good!

Claire's whole "reason for living" at the cabin seems to revolve around the Hawaiian necklaces my parents have in a bowl in the living room. She is obsessed. No need for toys whatsoever when the necklaces are around!

I don't know why my camera was set to black and white when we took this picture--oh well. Claire and I did a puzzle. Meaning, I did it, and she "helped" dismantle it every step of the way!

Unfortunately, Claire turned into Mr. Hyde pretty much the whole week at the cabin!! Ah! I was about to tear my hair out!! She was cutting her canines, and it definitely showed. She had fevers off and on, and was soooooo needy! She would cry at the drop of a hat, and freak out if Jordan or I (esp. Jordan, let's be honest...she was a TOTAL daddy's girl there...and still is actually!) left her for 2 seconds. Gratefully, she's back to normal now. I kept telling everyone, "I'm sorry, she's usually NOT like this!" They were very understanding, thank you :)

Aunt Michellie also did Claire's hair one day. So cute!! (we of course, MADE those clippies!)

Anyway, Cabin 2010 was awesome. Only bummer is that we missed Nathan and Ann-Marie and their little cuties! Next time!!!